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avskeda

sack, dismiss, fire, discharge

Meaning

sack; dismiss; fire; discharge

In Swedish: ge avsked, sparka

Conjugation

Conjugation of avskeda (sack)
Infinitive	att avskeda	to sack
Present	avskedar	jag avskedar
Past	avskedade	jag avskedade
Supine	avskedat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har avskedat	jag har avskedat
Past perfect	hade avskedat	jag hade avskedat
Future	ska avskeda	or: kommer att avskeda
Conditional	skulle avskeda	jag skulle avskeda
Imperative	avskeda!	a command
Present participle	avskedande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	avskedad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of avskeda
Infinitive	avskedas
Present	avskedas
Past	avskedades
Supine	avskedats

Group 1: -ar verbs. Present -ar, past -ade, supine -at. The largest and most regular group. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use avskedar. See the four verb groups explained.

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avskeda in a sentence

fabriken avskedade 500 arbetare
the factory dismissed 500 workers

Questions

What does avskeda mean in English?

avskeda means “sack, dismiss”.

What is the past tense of avskeda?

The past tense of avskeda is avskedade (“jag avskedade”). The supine is avskedat, used in “jag har avskedat”.

What is the present tense of avskeda?

avskedar, the same for every person: jag avskedar, du avskedar, vi avskedar.

Similar words

ge sparkensparkauppsägaentlediga

Origin

From av- + skeda.

Nearby common words

avskeda is number 3,625 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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3,622seriemördare a serial killer
3,623hälsning a greeting (in person), a greeting, regards (passed-on greeting)
3,624databas database
3,626betrakta look at, contemplate
3,627främsta first
3,628spöka haunt
3,629signera sign

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